"Quite a while ago, the US intelligence community published its report on this subject, which contained such very vague, I would say, politicized assessments, which, of course, is uncharacteristic for intelligence, and for intelligence it looks very unprofessional," he said.
Naryshkin attributed this to "the crisis caused by efforts to politicize the activities of the American intelligence community."
“As for, here, our knowledge - we, of course, are trying to follow this issue.
But we did not receive any evidence that this virus was created in a laboratory.
And therefore, we adhere, of course, to the version that ... The version that the majority, in my opinion, from the scientific community also adhere to, that this virus, of course, was born in nature, "Naryshkin noted.
The SVR director emphasized that the final answer to this question should be given by scientists, in particular, microbiologists and virologists.
Earlier, the US intelligence community published declassified excerpts from a report to President Joe Biden on the origin of the coronavirus.
In particular, it believes that the Chinese authorities did not have information about COVID-19 before the outbreak.
The Chinese Embassy in the United States called the document scientifically unconvincing and fabricated.